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Fotografiska Days: A festival of art, fashion and photography

Get to know Fotografiska's upcoming Cultural Days at Atelier Gardens - and find out how you can […]
Stage

Vidina Popov on newcomers, female-led venues and her new show at Maxim Gorki

Vidina Popov is back at the Gorki with Oliver Frljić's Schlachten. We sat down with the actress, […]
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Rainbow Serpent: The exhibition reframing Australia’s indigenous memory

Artist Daniel Boyd's upcoming exhibition at the Gropius Bau raises the curtain on Australia's traditional foundation narrative.
Tuesday 21, March

Express Metropolis Berlin: Internal documents reveal new BVG transport plan

Internal documents from the BVG reveal a new long-term vision including the construction of an entirely new […]
Berlin with brats

Dude, where’s my Kita?

Finding childcare in Berlin is a maddening obstacle course. Our resident Berlin super-mom Anna Gyulai Gaál explains […]
Food

From Agni to Zora: Berlin’s tastiest Indian restaurants

The Indian food scene is exploding in size and popularity, with good reason. Here are the best […]

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Food

Berlin’s best restaurants: 101 places to eat right now

After a year of exhaustive research, we bring you our ultimate guide to Berlin's best restaurants. Here […]
Thai

Scharf alert: Berlin’s best Thai food

Where do I find Berlin's best Thai food? Authentic Thai that is actually spicy? Our food editor […]
Vegan

The Sanctuary: Young, hot and vegan

Line up for some utterly indulgent (and 100% vegan) Italian treats at The Sanctuary on Torstrasse. You […]
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Art

Zineb Sedira brings her Venice Biennale showstopper to Berlin

Wowing visitors to the Venice Biennale, Zineb Sedira's cinematic installation 'Dreams Have No Titles' has come to […]
Interview

Next Station: Photos of Ukraine under siege come to Berlin U-Bahns

As Russian bombs fell on Kyiv and Kharkiv, Ukrainians sheltered underground in the relative safety of the […]
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Heinrich Schliemann: The Man Who Found and Lost Troy

Heinrich Schliemann was called the world's luckiest archaeologist - but does he deserve his reputation?
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Music

Interview

Weird Al Yankovic on his first Berlin show and crafting the perfect parody

American singer, satirist and all-around kook Weird Al Yankovic is coming to Berlin - and we have […]
Music & clubs

Concerts of the week: Our tips for live music in Berlin

There are so many concerts in Berlin that it can be hard to keep them all straight. […]
Electronic music

Rave the Planet 2023: the techno-event is coming back

Rave the Planet, Berlins techno parade, is coming back for another epic street party.
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Stage

Interview

Dyke Dogs bring queer salon culture to the stage

The duo behind the queer-lesbian performance series, Dyke Dogs chat about how they're bringing playfulness and open […]
Review

As You Fucking Like It ★★★★★

Pushing the gender paradoxes of Shakespeare's comedy to the extreme, the Deutsches Theater 'As You Fucking Like […]
Interview

Thomas Ostermeier: “Berlin is something that Parisians long for”

Resident director of the Schaubühne, Thomas Ostermeier on mutual fascination of Berlin and France
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Books

Books

Babylon Berlin author Volker Kutsche: “Nobody wants to be a Nazi”

As the fourth season of Babylon Berlin just had its finale, we had a chat with Volker […]
Books

100 years of literary modernism

Ezra Pound called 1922 "year one" of a new era. So what can we expect from year […]
Film

Rediscovering Audre Lorde

Since the release of Audre Lorde – The Berlin Years 1984-1992 back in 2012, her brand of […]
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Film

Film

The restoration of Eniaois: How film-obsessed Berliners preserve an 80-hour cult classic

At their Wilmersdorf studio, experimental film veterans Robert Beavers and Ute Aurand painstakingly restore the old negatives […]
Interview

Feminism and film curation: Outgoing Forum director Cristina Nord

After four years, Cristina Nord bids her farewell to the Berlinale Forum, but not without sharing her […]
Local film love

Screen zines: A film freak’s guide to Berlin’s movie media

Berlin is a city for cinephiles, but it's easy to feel overwhelmed by the choice of kinos, […]
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The Institute for Sexual Science: Berlin’s forgotten centre for trans activism

Today only a small plaque along the Spree commemorates the villa where Magnus Hirschfeld carried out the […]
Gaming

Berlin flat quest: The retro flat-hunting video game

Choose a character, send out emails and try to find accommodation in an overcrowded city. Berlin Flat […]
90 years on

Conspiracy? The Reichstag Fire of February 27, 1933

February 27 marks the 90 year anniversary of the Reichstag Fire, the event which paved the way […]
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Politics

BVG

Germany’s new €49 ticket – explained!

With the Deutschlandticket, public transport all across Germany will soon cost a flat rate of €49 per […]
Politics

Red Flag: Berlin finally changed two colonial street names. What took so long?

In the African Quarter in Wedding, Lüderitzstraße and Nachtigalplatz are no more. Nathaniel Flakin wonders: what took […]
Politics

What remains of Nazi architecture in Berlin?

The sinister architectural legacy of the Third Reich in 12 buildings
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